Bottle-capping tool



sept. 20,1927. 1,643,076

H. J. LEBHERZ ET AL Filed Jan. 4, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Ewa nazs Sept. 20,1927.

1,643,076 H. J. LEBHERZ ET AL BOTTLE CAI-PING TOQL Filed JanL4. 1927 2 sheets-sheet 2,

:El E- i nl n n n if! an n t a llista Z z BY d 'ATzoRNEY a rack 3 on which a rider 4 is mounted for slidablc movement. The rider 1l consists of aI plate member which is bent upon itselt and the edges finally riveted as represented at- The plate member which constitutes the `walls ot the rider is in the 'l'orn'r oit an enclosure for the rack 3 and provides a pivot (i 'tor the operating lever 7 The rider 4l. Ais shaped adjacent one edge as represented at S to embrace the sides 9 of the rack 3 so that the rider l is capable oi reeiprotntorjy movement along the rack 3. The levell T provided ivitlra segmental end which is toothed as represented at 10, the teeth oi the lever 7 `meshing' viith the teeth of the rack 3. The end ol? the lever i'` is notched as rep resented at 11 to receive a U-shaped bridge memla-nI 12 therein. The side Walls o'l the `rider et are notched as represented at 13 so that the bridge member 12 ma;T be normally centered when the operating lever 7 is in its `elevated position. The bridge member 12 extends over the side Walls ol the rider 4 andlias portions thereot depending on opposite sides thereot as represented at 12l and 12th 'lllieportions 12"' and l2 tern'iinate at hookmembers l2 and l2 which engage with spring members 1l and '15, respectively.

The spring members 1st and 15 are provided with hook shaped ends la and 15 which extend into notches et in the side Walls of rider l. The springmembers 14 and 15 are balanced against each other on opposite sides of the rider and tend to maintain the Uishaped member 12 in its lowermost position and in abutment oit the segmental end ot'ithe hand operated lever 7. Pressure applied to the hand operated lever T serves to move the rider from the position shown in Figure 1 to the position illustrated in Fig. 2 for thealiiplicatiou of acroivn cap to a bottle.

i rPhe rider Ll carries a bottlecapping throat 16 which is outstruek at its top 17 and secured Vto the rider 1: by means of a bolt member 1S. The bottle capping throat has a resilient gasket 19 therein retained in position by means ot spurs 20, as more fullyr explained in the copending` application to Harry (i. Lebherz, Ser. No. 755,672, .filed December ll, 1921. i The bottle capping throat 1G is flared outwardly and terminates in an annular flange 21, permitting a crown cap 22 to be gripped in the capping throat ilor al'iplication to a bottle.

In order that the crown caps may be ap `plied to the bottles in rapid succession, We provide a wire member 23 bent to shape as reiireseuted in Figs. 5 and G the wire member beine' secured around the peripheral :tlange ot the bottle capping throat for retaining `the crown cap 22 in position. The Wire member 23 comprises a pair of pa allel extending portions 24 which are bent up- \\fardl.v as represented at 25 and secured over the flange 21. In etlect the Wire member :toi-ms a pair oit parallel extending rails alongv which the crown caps may be slid in succession after each application oil a cap to a bottle.

in Fig. T vie have illustrated a modified arrangement ot a spring return i'or the rider wherein a spring member 2G extends between the lower portion of the tooth segment ot the hand lever i' in a position indii rated at 2T and hooks over the rider 4. represented at 28, normallyP maintaining the rider in elevated position and rendi7 :tor each successive bottle capping operation.

While we have described our invention in certain n'ete1 red embodiments, We desire that il; be understood that modifications may be made and that no limitations upon our invention are intended other than are imposed by the scope ofthe appended claims.

that We claim as new and. desire to secure by Letters Patent olfA the United States is as lol l oivs p l. In a bottle capper a trame having a rack` a rider slid able thereon, a lever pivoted on the. rider and liavinga segment meshing with the rack, a eap] )iug liead carried b the rider, `a pair olspring members exten ing on opposite sides ot' said `rider andconneet-ed to the lower extremity thereof and a, lnidge` member connected to the upper extremity of said spring lnembers and extending over said segment for normally elevating said lever and maintainingr said rider in a position for the application of' a cap to a. bottle.

2. A bottle capper comprising a frame vated position for the application of a cap to a bottle.

3. A bottle eapper con'iprising a frame,`a rider slidable on the trame, a lever pivotallv mounted between the side Walls of said rider and having a segment engaging the frame to reciprocate the rider, a capping head carried by the rider said segment bein notched adjacent its upper extremity, a shaped bridge member positioned in said notch and depending on opposite sides of the Walls of said rider, and spring members connected. with the extremities of said U- shaped bridge member and the lower extremities of the side Walls ol said rider for urging said segment to a position Within the limits ot the Walls oi" said rider and elevating said lever. n

4f. In a bottle eapper a frame having a rack, a rider slidably mount-ed thereon, a

lever pivoted on the rider and having i a segment meshing with the rack, a capping head carried by the'rder,.a balanced spring device connected at opposite ends'of said rider and extending'V over said rider 'and providing an abutment forrthe segment ofv saidlever for normally elevating Said lever and maintaining said rider in a position for the application of a cap to a bottle.

5.v In a bottle capper aframe having a rack, 'a rider slidable thereon, a lever pivotedV on the rider and having asegment meshing with the rack,' a cappinghead carried by.k

the rider, a spring member having a pair of spiral portions extending adjacent the Walls of Y said rider and `connected thereto at the ends thereof and means interconnecting the tures. f

' HARRY J. LEBHERZ.

ROBERT LEBHERZ. 

